let the little children come

Our little Hattie became our newest covenant member just over a month ago. She followed in the footsteps of all of her older siblings and d...

a long winter's nap

Today, after planning out our garden for this year and flipping through the seed catalog together, Clay and I thought we might squeeze in a ...

christmas letter

Wishing you all a joyous Christmas season and many blessings in the coming New Year! Our lives have been very joy-filled in many ways t...

good fruit

It is a constant amazement to me how all of our children can all look like "Dodson babies" and yet still have their own unique fe...

the perfect number

It has been over a month since our eldest celebrated her 7th birthday, and I'm just now getting around to posting a few photos to mark...

god jul!

A couple years ago I posted about our family tradition of celebrating Santa Lucia day.  The kids have grown a bit since then! And ...

the story of hattie

Welcoming our newest beautiful baby girl! Harriet Frances born on November 7th at 9:21 p.m. Just one day before her big sister...